Intramolecular transposition of insertion sequence IS91 results in second-site simple insertions

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-234

  Bernales, Irantzu ^a   Mendiola, Victoria ^a   De la Cruz, Fernandode ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; TRANSPOSASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA TRANSPOSITION; GENE DELETION; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CHLORAMPHENICOL RESISTANCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0033041246     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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